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rotting off

rotting off is the present participle of rot off.

Meaning of rot off

Verb

rot off (third-person singular simple present rots off, present participle rotting off, simple past and past participle rotted off)

  1. (intransitive) To fall off by rotting.
    • The branches eventually rotted off once the tree was uprooted.

Questions about rotting off

What is rotting off the present participle of?
Rotting off is the present participle of rot off.

Words near rotting off in the dictionary

  1. Rotties
  2. rottin'
  3. rotting
  4. rotting away
  5. rotting in hell
  6. rotting off
  7. rotting through
  8. Rottingdean
  9. Rottinghaus
  10. Rottinghauses
  11. rottingly

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